EARLY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

​​Register today to join us Tuesday, November 18th, at the Hot Springs Convention Center for the 14th annual summit. This event is FREE and open to the public.

The Summit features six breakout tracks:

• Clinical track – Pharmacists, Nurses, Doctors, and others in the medical field
• Counseling/Recovery track – Anyone who is involved in the counseling and recovery field
• Criminal Justice track – Law Enforcement community
• Education/Prevention track – Educators, Community coalitions, and anyone involved or interested in the education and prevention of opioid abuse
• Family Support track – Open to all
• Youth track – For high-school age youth 

Please contact us at eventsandtraining@arkansasag.gov or (501) 682-2007 with any questions.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Attorney General Tim Griffin will host a FREE legal update for government attorneys and administrators on May 20 – 21, 2025, at the GSA Community Center (1 GSA Circle, Little Rock, AR 72209). This course has been approved for 12 hours Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit (10 hours of general and 2 hours of ethics).

 

2025 Legal Update and State Agencies Training Agenda

May 20 – 21, 2025

GSA Community Center

Tuesday, May 20

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Check-In Begins/Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks

8:45 – 9:45 a.m. The History and Creation of the Arkansas Constitution and State Agencies

9:45 – 10:15 a.m. New Laws, New Rules (How to Draft Rules)

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Dos and Don’ts of Executive Session

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ethics for Government Attorneys

12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Administrative Procedures Act Overview

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Agency Legislative Update

3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Dos and Don’ts for Licensing Agencies

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Legal Writing Tips

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Consumer/Board Complaints and How to Investigate for a Possible Hearing

4:30 – 4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks

Wednesday, May 21

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Check-In Begins/Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. How the Attorney General’s Office is Working for You: Consumer Protection Division

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. FOIA Update

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Employment Law Panel Discussion

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Legal Education Ethics

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Miller Trusts and Case Studies: Exploitation of the Elderly

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Human Trafficking Statutes

4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Attorney General Tim Griffin would like to invite you to the FREE 14th annual Missing Persons Event. This is a special gathering for families and the Arkansas community to raise awareness of the issues surrounding missing persons and to recognize Arkansas’s missing. There will be a training session from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., family session from 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. as well as a luncheon ceremony. Four hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST) have been applied for.